Adventures in unexpected bad writing
So I'm reading "Treasure" by Clive Cussler. I'm still on the fence about his writing. He starts with one purpose for his main character, Dirk Pitt, but then forces him to pursue something else, finally arriving back at the original goal right at the end. Kind of annoying.
Anyway, I was reading and I came along this passage. I was rather stunned at the abruptly bad writing.
"[He] smelled the intoxicating scent of challenge. To restless men it is a real scent that wafts somewhere between a sexually aroused woman and newly cut grass after a rain. It tempts and addicts until the challenger is oblivious to any thought of failure or danger."
Yeah. I know. I was all, "WTF?"
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Anyway, I was reading and I came along this passage. I was rather stunned at the abruptly bad writing.
"[He] smelled the intoxicating scent of challenge. To restless men it is a real scent that wafts somewhere between a sexually aroused woman and newly cut grass after a rain. It tempts and addicts until the challenger is oblivious to any thought of failure or danger."
Yeah. I know. I was all, "WTF?"
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